In my first real desk job, I worked as an editorial assistant at a travel company proofreading a thousand-page resort directory, making sure words like “laundry facilities” were spelled and spaced correctly. Yes, that sucked, but it wasn’t the worst of it. The worst was having to sit in my…
Miami International Mall has been a favorite in Doral since opening its doors in the early 1980s. The mall was renovated in 2000 and redesigned to go along with the international theme similar to nearby Miami International Airport. Consumers bring their children and frequent the Simon Property Group mall by…
At one of my recent organic juice parties (if you’re not sure what that is, click here), Jordan Wolfe, my friend and compatriot in all things healthy living, arrived toting the ingredients for his famous raw vegan chocolate “ice cream,” which he proceeded to whip up in the Vitamix for…
Mary and Little Bo Peep will fall off their rockers when they read this: Their sheep are now to be stuffed in convenient to-go golden arch boxes.McDonald’s down under just launched its newest culinary exploration: lamb burgers — made with 100 percent Australian lamb.We like the little creatures and all,…
Macchialina Taverna Rustica: Magic and Pasta Happen Here
Hugh Acheson joins the ever-growing list of guest chefs to take over Michael Schwartz’s Harry’s Pizzeria for a pop-up dinner.Acheson, who received two James Beard awards this year (for best chef southeast and for his cookbook, A New Turn in the South) will bring his Atlanta-based Empire State South restaurant…
See also: Miami Is Like Vegas; Cooking From One Country to Another, From NYC to Miami and San Diego Roots.As world-renowned chefs flock to open outposts in our little piece of paradise, Miami may move up from second tier status as a culinary city. From Jose Andres to Daniel Boulud,…
By the size of the crowd at yesterday’s BurgerFi friends and family event in Aventura (18139 Biscayne Boulevard), you would think the burgers were made of gold bullion instead of free-range, grass-fed beef.The Aventura BurgerFi is the sixth restaurant in the chain, which itself is just over a year old…
It’s become standard to judge any ethnic restaurant by the number of people from a specific ethnicity sitting at its tables. However it was the sound of people sucking air through runny noses that assured me Pho Thang, the unassuming Vietnamese restaurant only a few miles from ZooMiami, was the…
Michelle Bernstein is finally making a move over the causeway with her Crumb on Parchment outpost at The Webster hotel on South Beach.Opening Wednesday, August 29, Crumb at The Webster will feature the same fast casual soups, salads, sandwiches,and baked goods that Bernstein’s Design District eatery draws consistent lunchtime lines…
When Shokudo owner and general manager Yoko Takarada decided to lease the old bodega on Northeast Second Avenue in Miami’s Design District, she first had to clear out the guy living in the back. That defines Miami’s Design District — fine-dining restaurants and stores with $20,000 couches sitting just a…
Guess who was at the South Beach Whole Foods yesterday? The fat, slobby, autoimmune-diseased, party-hardy Aussie who vowed to consume nothing but organic vegetable and fruit juice for 60 days, emerging slim, trim, and completely healthy on the other side, that’s who.That long-winded description summarizes the recent life and work…
Cindy Hutson, chef and co-owner of Coral Gables mainstay Ortanique on the Mile, has been hired by the Dunmore Resort at Harbour Isles in the Bahamas to revamp the restaurant’s menu and in-room service. Dunmore owner Gil Besing, who bought and revamped the property in 2010, discovered Hutson via a…
There’s a lot of sensory overload in Miami, so it takes something bold to get people to turn their heads. Mercy for Animals devised something that might make people stop and check out its display.A ten-foot-tall bloody pig in a cage outside Walmart…
If you’re grilling this Labor Day, stats from vegetarian research groups put the odds around 1 in 300 that you’ll end up with a vegan at your party. Your chances of having to feed a vegetarian are higher: about 1 in 44. And if you live in Seattle, San Francisco,…
Baking Out Loud, Hedy Goldsmith’s first book is finally coming out in about a month. The 224-page tome features 80 recipes by the talented executive pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink and photographs by Ben Fink.Many of the treats featured in Baking Out Loud are upgraded riffs on…
In the near future, Sakaya Kitchen plans to open 20 stores across Florida and two more locations in our region, one in Kendall and another in Pembroke Pines. Chef and Owner Richard Hales is also developing a full service concept inspired by a trip to Tokyo and Seoul earlier this summer. A…
Being an artist generally implies the pursuit of personal vision over commercial viability; if the latter comes at all, it does so serendipitously. Yet chefs who see themselves as artists rarely take this tack: An empty restaurant costs a whole lot more than an unsold canvas. So when a chef/owner…
IKEA announced last evening that the Swedish furniture chain plans to open a second South Florida store in Sweetwater. Pending approvals, construction of IKEA Miami could start in Spring 2013, with a store opening in Fall 2014. The 417,000 square-foot airplane terminal-sized store will be located adjacent to the Dolphin…
Nemesis Urban Bistro Dizzies With Its Spins on Convention
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With an endless supply of Subways, Quizno’s and Jimmy John’s opening all over the country, it’s hard to imagine striking out on your own and offering sandwiches to the masses without corporate dollars or Michael Phelps hawking your six-inch. If, however, you would shut up and do what your momma…
